Self worth and value can be found slowly, by working towards them – similar to weeding and pruning an overgrown garden path.
Connect With Other Highly Sensitive Introvert Aliens Just Like You
So, it’s finally official. Today, Shannon, Leila, and I are launching Highly Sensitive Introvert (HSI). Yaaaay! We have no idea if it’ll work, but are excited to do our best to create content that inspires hope and pathways to BE more of who we are as Highly Sensitive Introverts: quiet, sensitive, and strong. Living from the inside out is an art …
Shame Is Not The Same As Guilt
Do you know the difference between shame and guilt and why the difference is important? I didn’t. Not until I started reading up on it, anyway. It made me go back and think about some of my experiences a little differently. Part of why shame and guilt are confused is because it’s easier to talk about guilt than it is to …
Shame Is The Hole In Chapter One
Six months ago if you’d asked me if I experienced shame, I would’ve laughed at the suggestion. I’ve accomplished a lot. What would I have to feel shame about? I’m not laughing now. Several months ago, I left in tears after an “informational interview” with a Director of a large social services agency. I was nervous, but I’d prepared well. …
The Artist’s Way: Writing Meditation in 750 Words
Use Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way morning pages idea to meditate each morning. Cultivate your 750 words writing habit as writing therapy for anxiety!
The Problem With Happy
What if seeking happiness is just another way of making ourselves miserable by not being present? Yesterday, everything gelled. Things came easily and in a flow that felt almost magical. I said the right things at the right time and connected with the people I saw. Today, it’s like nothing came out right, and everything was off. Yesterday I felt …
The Rubberband Effect
If you’ve ever tried to make a little or a big change in your life, you’ve probably experienced what I affectionately call the Rubberband Effect. A change in diet? Exercise? Self limiting beliefs? Relationship? Just getting up earlier? You start in on making a change, and if you’re like me, you’ve at least once in your life felt the Thwack! of …
After Drinking from the Firehose: Seth Godin’s 2015 Inaugural altMBA
It’s been about three days after the last drink from the firehose of information we were promised in Seth Godin’s 2015 Inaugural altMBA course, a 31 day sprint of learning what it takes to make big change in the world. I’m still letting the sediment settle so I can get some perspective on what just happened. But maybe that’s the …